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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Sunday, April 23, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 220
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 219th day on Sunday. According to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), the mullahs’ regime received a major wake-up call as at least 60 sites of the country’s oil and petrochemical industry saw workers walk off and go on strike.
April 21 – Kermanshah, western #Iran
Brave youths and protesters attacked the provincial IRGC site in response to the regime’s horrific chemical gas attacks targeting innocent schoolgirls across the country.#IranChemicalAttacks #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/WNDXsh8uiN— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 23, 2023
On Friday night, brave youths and protesters in Kermanshah attacked the provincial IRGC site in response to the regime’s horrific chemical gas attacks targeting innocent schoolgirls across the country.
Reports from different parts of Iran indicate that workers at various industrial sites across the country continued their strikes on Sunday. These industrial sites include oil, petrochemical, steel, and copper plants and mines where workers complain about being denied their paychecks and basic rights. Among the sites where these protests took place were:
- Mobin Sanat Company in Kangan, southwest Iran
- A local copper site in Sarcheshmeh, south-central Iran
- A petrochemical site in Kangan, a copper plant in Kerman, and the Der Alo Copper Mine also in Kerman
- The Farasan Company in Kerman, south-central Iran
- A local steel plant in Behabad, central Iran
- Ghadir steel plant in Neyriz, south-central Iran
- Attaie Contracting Company and Azmoon Felez Company
April 23 – Kerman, south-central #Iran
Workers of a local petrochemical plant are on strike protesting their officials' refusal to increase their salaries.#IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/Aa0joUWqjp— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 23, 2023
- A local petrochemical site in Kerman, south-central Iran
- The Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran
- A contracting company at Chabahar, southeast Iran
- A local petrochemical complex in Gachsaran, southwest Iran
- The IGC Company in the Dashte Abbas area of Dehloran, western Iran
- Fapco Company in Lamerd, south-central Iran
April 23 – Kangan, eastern #Iran
Workers of the Kangan Petro Refining Company are on strike protesting their officials' refusal to increase their salaries.#IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/DisLzApk4X— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 23, 2023
Fans at a derby game in Tehran on Sunday began chanting anti-regime slogans against the mullahs’ IRGC. Security forces stationed at the capital’s renowned Azadi (Freedom) Stadium responded by attacking the protesting crowd.
People in different parts of the Iranian capital Tehran, including Chitgar, Shahrak-e Bagheri, and Shahran were chanting anti-regime slogans on Saturday night local time. Their slogans included:
“Down with Khamenei, the murderer!”
“Down with the dictator!”
UPDATE: 2:30 PM CET
Congress Forms Bipartisan House Committee on Iranian Women
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) announced the formation of a bipartisan caucus of nearly 20 lawmakers on Thursday, which focuses on the women of Iran. The caucus, named the Iranian Women Congressional Caucus, will serve as a forum in which members of Congress can address issues and developments relating to women’s freedom and democracy in Iran. The committee’s first move was a joint resolution condemning the chemical attack on Iranian school girls.
The House also passed a more detailed resolution in February that supported the protests and its leader, Maryam Rajavi. It also supported Rajavi’s 10-point plan, which calls for the universal right to vote, free elections, and a market economy, as well as gender, religious, and ethnic equality.
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iran’s Oil/Gas Workers Launch Nationwide Strike as Protests Escalate
Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 219th day on Saturday as workers of various oil, gas, and petrochemical sites across the country are on strike for a second day. This follows a day of protests by the brave people of Zahedan in Sistan & Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran, renewing their demonstrations and calls for the overthrow of the mullahs’ dictatorship. People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.
Iranian Authorities to Form Teams to Enforce Hijab Law
Despite previous announcements that the State Security Force would not physically confront women on the streets and that the enforcement of the Hijab Law would be done through digital systems, a new announcement has been made that teams will be formed to deal with women who remove their hijabs in public places. Isfahan’s prosecutor, Mohammad Moussavian, announced a tripartite memorandum of understanding between the Judiciary, the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and the Headquarters for Enforcing Good and Prohibiting Evil, which includes the formation of these teams.
Toxic Terror: Iranian Schoolgirls Poisoned
Today, we are discussing a serious issue that has been causing concern and outrage in Iran and beyond the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran. Reports have emerged of multiple incidents of Iranian schoolgirls being targeted with toxic chemicals in their schools, causing serious harm to their health. So, let’s start with what we know about the situation. These incidents have been happening since November 30. The chemical attacks paused for a few weeks during the Persian New Year holidays but resumed on the first day of school after Nowruz. The attacks have been highly targeted and directed mainly at Iranian schoolgirls. More than 500 schools in over 110 cities throughout Iran have reported incidents of students being poisoned.
Khamenei’s Gaze on the East; And Against the Iranian People in 2023
“The Letter of the Sultan’s Rules” was a piece of advice for Shah Sultan Hussein in the late Safavid period, but it was not useful, and his dynasty went with the wind. The letter states that whenever a sultan leans towards a side, he should be on this path so as not to harm the people. Agriculture should not be destroyed, the faces of the disabled should not suffer, and the sighs should not rise from the hearts of the helpless. As usual, no tyrannical and despotic sultan pays attention to these recommendations until his overthrow, relying on the military and looting the people’s property, and justifying the religious arguments of the mullahs and the world-warming lords. Shah Sultan Hussein’s story is the same in our time.
Freiburg, Germany—April 19, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Freiburg, Germany—April 19, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in support of the nationwide Iranian Revolution. Freedom-loving Iranians came together in Freiburg to show solidarity with the brave protesters on the streets of Iran for a democratic and secular republic.
Copenhagen, Denmark—April 20, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Copenhagen, Denmark—April 20, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in support of the nationwide Iranian Revolution. Freedom-loving Iranians came together in Copenhagen to show solidarity with the brave protesters on the streets of Iran for a democratic and secular republic.
Bremen, Germany—April 19, 2023: Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Bremen, Germany—April 19, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in support of the nationwide Iranian Revolution. Freedom-loving Iranians came together in Bremen to show solidarity with the brave protesters on the streets of Iran for a democratic and secular republic.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – April 22, 2023
